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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with singer B.J. Thomas
Topics include: Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head, marriage, touring, candles, Hank Williams, James Brown, religion, spirituality
Segment aired Nov. 28, 2020 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
Note: B. J. Thomas passed away May 29, 2021 at age 78.
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Here is the 574th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Sept. 17, 2016. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: actress Sally Mayes, singer Jeff Harnar, Dave’s wife Joyce
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singerJeff Harnarand actressSally Mayes. Plus: Inside Broadway (news & Albee), Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Saturday Segues (Shooby n’ Hank, In the News), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (oh mercy).
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (veterinarians, Shoeless Dave, new website, Chipotle, Potato Day, Mr. Negative) 00:51:00 Sponsors 00:54:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 01:14:30 Sponsors 01:16:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN – Guggenheim gold 01:28:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Shooby n’ Hank 01:49:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (news 01:49:30 / Edward Albee 02:10:30) 02:30:30 GUESTS: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Jeff Harnar & Sally Mayes 03:43:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (oh mercy) 03:59:00 Friends 04:10:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News 04:36:30 Weather 04:38:30 DAVE GOES OUT
Sept. 17, 2016 Playlist: “Potato” (00:37:30; Cheryl Wheeler). “It Gets Better All the Time” (01:31:00) & “It is no Secret” (01:38:00; Shooby Taylor). “My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It” (01:35:30) & “I Won’t Be Home no More” (01:40:30; Hank Williams). “Ever’body wants Their Life to be a Musical” (02:26:00; The Elephant Man 2001 musical promo). “Diga Diga Doo/Doin’ the New Low Down” (02:31:00), “In the Name of Love” (02:50:00), “Miss Byrd” (03:26:30) & “I Dream Too Much” (04:39:30; Sally Mayes). “Quizas (Perhaps)” (03:04:30), “Johnny’s Song” (03:16:30) & “Hold Me! Thrill Me! Kiss Me! / You Send Me” (03:36:00; Jeff Harnar). “Ring them Bells” (03:46:00; Marc Andrew). “Disease of Conceit” (03:49:00; Bob Dylan). “What Good am I” (03:53:00; Barb Jungr). “The Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu” (04:12:00; Larry Williams). “Born in the USA” ({Tracks version} 04:14:30; Bruce Springsteen). “Seven” (04:17:30; David Bowie).
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Here is the 526th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Sept. 12, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (high holy days), Saturday Segue (Hank Williams).
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: Dave’s wife Joyce
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (Potato Day!, chalk) 00:19:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 00:37:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN (Mac Sabbath) 01:05:00 SATURDAY SEGUE (Hank Williams) 01:29:30 INSIDE BROADWAY 01:48:30 Sponsors 01:52:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (high holy days) 02:11:00 Friends 02:18:00 DAVE GOES OUT
Sept. 12, 2015 Playlist: “Frying Pan” (Mac Sabbath). “I Just Don’t Like this Kind of Living” (01:08:00), “Setting the Woods on Fire” (01:11:00), “Farther Along” (01:13:30) & “Free at Last” (01:16:30; Hank Williams). “The Boy Friend” (01:45:30; The Boy Friend 1970 Bway cast w/ Judy Carne). “High Water (for Charley Patton)” ({live} 01:54:00) & “Days of `49” (alternate version; 02:04:00; Bob Dylan). “Love is a Four Letter Word” ({live}; 02:01:00; Joan Baez). “Potato” (02:20:00; Cheryl Wheeler).
